Egypt
A leg has been mummified in traditional mummification technique from Pharaonic Egypt.
The picture says the mummy pictured is Thutmosis IV when it is actually the mummy identified as Thutmosis II even though there is a chance that he is actually Thutmosis I.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/15/salt-mummification.html
- Photo For Today - Temple Of Amada
Built by Thutmosis III in the Eighteenth Dynasty, the Temple of Amada is the oldest of the Nubian temples. As with most of the sites around Lake Nasser this was rescued prior to the flooding of the desert to create Lake Nasser. It was dedicated to...
- Ebony Shrine Of Dier El Bahari: Updated
Discovered in the temple of Deir el Bahari by E. Naville the surviving left side bares inscriptions that credit the shrines creation to Thutmosis II for Thutmosis I, however the nuances of the piece suggest it was actually created on orders of Hatshepsut,...
- Hapi Dog
A mummified puppy has recently undergone ct scanning revealing the unusual mummy. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/01/puppy-mummy-egypt.html...
- The Great Missing
There is little doubt of three caches of kings from the end of the New Kingdom yet one cache is clearly missing and perhaps today represented only by its absence. The great cache of 1881 found a prince named Ahmosis though sadly he is not the liberator...
- The Ebony Shrine Of Deir El Bahari, Ca. 1470 Bce
Discovered in the temple of Deir el Bahari by E. Naville the surviving left side bares inscriptions that credit the shrines creation to Thutmosis II for Thutmosis I, however the the nuances of the piece suggest it was actually created on orders of Hatshepsut,...
Egypt
Mummified Leg
A leg has been mummified in traditional mummification technique from Pharaonic Egypt.
The picture says the mummy pictured is Thutmosis IV when it is actually the mummy identified as Thutmosis II even though there is a chance that he is actually Thutmosis I.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/15/salt-mummification.html
- Photo For Today - Temple Of Amada
Built by Thutmosis III in the Eighteenth Dynasty, the Temple of Amada is the oldest of the Nubian temples. As with most of the sites around Lake Nasser this was rescued prior to the flooding of the desert to create Lake Nasser. It was dedicated to...
- Ebony Shrine Of Dier El Bahari: Updated
Discovered in the temple of Deir el Bahari by E. Naville the surviving left side bares inscriptions that credit the shrines creation to Thutmosis II for Thutmosis I, however the nuances of the piece suggest it was actually created on orders of Hatshepsut,...
- Hapi Dog
A mummified puppy has recently undergone ct scanning revealing the unusual mummy. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/01/puppy-mummy-egypt.html...
- The Great Missing
There is little doubt of three caches of kings from the end of the New Kingdom yet one cache is clearly missing and perhaps today represented only by its absence. The great cache of 1881 found a prince named Ahmosis though sadly he is not the liberator...
- The Ebony Shrine Of Deir El Bahari, Ca. 1470 Bce
Discovered in the temple of Deir el Bahari by E. Naville the surviving left side bares inscriptions that credit the shrines creation to Thutmosis II for Thutmosis I, however the the nuances of the piece suggest it was actually created on orders of Hatshepsut,...